The Drugs Laboratory at the Centre for Laboratory Services and Research (CLSR) of the Ghana Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has been awarded a WHO-Prequalified Quality Control Laboratory (QCL) Status.
By this achievement, the FDA is now the first and only food and drugs regulatory agency within the ECOWAS sub-region...
Analysts in the pensions industry are recommending guidelines from the regulator to check the rate of withdrawals from Tier 3 pensions.
Tier 3 pensions are an optional contributory scheme with monthly contributions of up to 16.5 percent of an employee's basic salary and includes informal sector workers. Tier 3 is...
Alhaji Farouk Aliu Mahama, Board Chairman of the Ghana Integrated Iron and Steel Development Corporation (GIISDEC), has assured that his outfit is poised to provide strategic direction and the needed dedication for developing a vibrant Integrated Iron and Steel industry in Ghana.
He said the dream of real industrialisation to...
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - which reduced grain shipments from one of the world’s top suppliers - food is becoming more and more expensive globally. According to the Ghana Statistics authorities, food prices in Ghana have risen by at least 30% over the last year. Additionally, energy costs...
Artisans in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi have kicked against increased utility tariffs by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), saying the upward adjustments will further aggravate difficulties they are already in.
According to leadership of the artisans, the increment in tariffs - which takes effect next month - will...
Work on the first-ever interchange in the Western Region, the ‘PTC Kwame Nkrumah Roundabout’, is about 50 percent complete.
The project is a three-tier interchange with direct access to the central business district of Takoradi, including the expansion of some major town roads within the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis among others.
Executed by...
Chairman of the Ghana Mines Workers Union (GMWU), Kwarku Mensah Gyakari, has called on the government to consider negotiating bigger interests in mining contracts than exists now if the country is desirous of creating more value from the commodities extracted for Ghanaians.
Despite Ghana being a leading gold producer with...
Treatments for childhood cancers, as well as the cost of Hydroxyurea, an essential drug for the treatment of sickle cell anaemia, are now covered by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has announced.
Announcing this on Thursday, 25th August, 2022 in Accra, Vice President Bawumia disclosed...
“The State shall take all necessary actions to ensure that the national economy is managed in such a manner as to maximise the rate of economic development and to secure the maximum welfare, freedom, and happiness of every person in Ghana, and to provide adequate means of livelihood and...
In line with Letshego’s purpose to improve lives, the pan-African inclusive finance group is now launching its latest flagship product, Affordable Housing. The product is available to customers in Namibia and Botswana, with rollout plans to the group’s remaining pan-African countries.
Citizens across Africa, and many global emerging markets, struggle...